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Description: | A section of the copper-alloy stem from a seal-top spoon of post-Medieval date. The stem is octagonal in cross section and has been silvered over its entire surface. One end has been broken, above where the bowl would have been, but the opposite end terminates in a v-shaped notch where the finial section of the spoon would have been soldered onto the stem..This method was widely used in the 17th century to manufacture seal-top and apostle spoons, and the v-joint was typical of the London spoon makers. Provincial spoon makers used a similar method, but used lap-joints which had a single, slanting cut to the end of the stem section below the finial rather than the v-shaped cut, or dovetail joints similar to those used in cabinet-making.This stem was found very close to the spot where, in February 2010, the seal-top finial from the same spoon was found; see PAS record PUBLIC-A17E45. The two parts of the spoon can be re-assembled at the v-shaped joint which is an accurate fit. The two pieces are, therefore, from the same spoon and have become seperated once deposited in the ground through the soldered joint failing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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